INTERNET ADDICTION / PORN ADDICTION TREATMENT & COUNSELLING in SYDNEY

Although internet addiction is not currently recognised as a formal mental health disorder in Australia, American authorities have begun documenting and classifying the condition, and there is no doubt that some internet users exhibit symptoms of addiction not unlike those of people addicted to drugs, alcohol or gambling.

The most common sorts of internet addiction concern:

PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION or PORN ADDICTION

This behaviour has a lot of symptoms in common with Sex Addiction (link to seperate page).

• business related websites including those commonly used in one’s daily work regime.

When a person essentially feels happier or more fulfilled online that in life, or when internet usage damages that persons life, career or relationships, it is possible that internet addiction is a real problem. Counselling therapy when provided by a professional counsellor, psychologist or psychotherapist can help explain and resolve the issues underlying a person’s desire to withdraw from life through the internet.

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